No charges yet in fatal bus accident

Prosecutors have declined to file charges for now against a man arrested after a woman was crushed beneath a Metro bus last week.

Betty Jean Simon, 46, of Seattle, was killed Aug. 30 when she fell beneath the wheels of the articulated bus at about 6:20 p.m.

Shortly afterward, police arrested a 53-year-old Seattle man and eventually booked him into the King County Jail for investigation of manslaughter.

The man was apparently riding a bicycle and might have bumped the woman onto the street in front of the bus.

But authorities said witnesses reported the man may have shoved the woman beneath the bus.

The man was released from jail soon after the incident. And Monday, at a second court appearance, he was not charged with any crime.

Dan Donohoe, spokesman for the King County Prosecutor's Office, said police have not completed their investigation, so prosecutors have not been able to determine whether to file charges against the man.

There is no timeline for when the investigation might be complete, he said.